2007 Australian Drivers' Championship Explained

The 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing title for drivers of Formula 3 racing cars, with the winner awarded the 2007 CAMS Gold Star. The title, which was the 51st Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded to the winner of the 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship.^[1] The championship, which began on 4 February 2007 (at Eastern Creek Raceway) and finished on 4 November at Oran Park, consisted of 16 races at 8 rounds across 4 different states.

The 2007 championship was notable for being one of the most competitive Australian Drivers Championships in years, with seven different drivers from three countries scoring race wins and ten drivers achieving at least one top three race placing. Four drivers, Tim Macrow, Leanne Tander, Charlie Hollings and James Winslow, had a mathematical chance of winning the championship heading into the final round. Whilst Winslow did not compete at that round due to a clash with his Formula V6 Asia commitments, the remaining trio fought out the title with Macrow coming from four points behind to win the championship in the final race of the season.

Classes

Competing cars were classified into one of three classes:^[1]

The Championship Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2004
The National Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001
The Trophy Class, which was open to cars constructed in accordance with FIA Formula 3 regulations that applied between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 1998

Points System

Points were awarded on 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten finishers in the Championship Class in each race.^[1] An additional point was awarded to the driver setting the Championship Class pole position in the qualifying session for each race and a further point was awarded to the driver setting the fastest Championship Class race lap in each race.^[1] The point for fastest race lap was only awarded if the driver was a classified finisher in that race.^[1]

Points for the National Class and the Trophy Class were awarded on the same basis as for the Championship Class.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in championship.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
R-Tek Motorsport Services	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	2	Mat Sofi
R-Tek Motorsport Services	National	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	59	Jesse Wakeman
Team BRM	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	3	Barton Mawer
			Spiess-Opel	4	Marco Mapelli
			Sodemo-Renault	19	Maher Algadrie
				22	Chris Alajajian
				29	Stuart Kostera
	National	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	57	Daniel Schulz
PRB Australia	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	6	Chris Barry
HT Leads / Koni / FedEx	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8	Mathew Radisich
Astuti Motorsport	Championship	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	10	Walter Grubmuller Ricky Occhipinti Michael Trimble Daniel Schulz
Astuti Motorsport	Championship	Dallara F304	Sodemo-Renault	11	Charles Hollings
JB Motorsport	National	Dallara F301	Novamotor-FIAT	12	John Boothman
Gilmour Racing	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	17	Chris Gilmour
Decentralised Demountables	Trophy	Dallara F398	Novamotor-FIAT	21	Graeme Holmes
Scud Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	25	Ian Dyk Lauren Gray Stuart Kostera
	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	60	Tim Macrow
	Trophy	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	87	Greg Hunter
	Trophy	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	88	Samantha Reid
Piccola Scuderia Corse	Championship	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	27	James Winslow
Formula Uno Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	32	Gordon Campbell
333 Racing	National	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	33	Tim Berryman
Hack, Anderson & Thomas	Trophy	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	37	Rod Anderson
Tandersport	Championship	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	42	Leanne Tander

Calendar

Round / Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1 / 1	Eastern Creek Raceway	4 February	Stuart Kostera	Chris Alajajian	Stuart Kostera	Team BRM
1 / 2	Eastern Creek Raceway	4 February	Charles Hollings	Chris Alajajian	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
2 / 1	Oran Park Raceway	22 April	Charles Hollings	Charles Hollings	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
2 / 2	Oran Park Raceway	22 April	Charles Hollings	Marco Mapelli	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
3 / 1	Phillip Island	6 May	James Winslow	Mat Sofi	James Winslow	Piccola Scuderia Course
3 / 2	Phillip Island	6 May	James Winslow	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Tandersport
4 / 1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	1 July	Michael Trimble	Marco Mapelli	James Winslow	Piccola Scuderia Course
4 / 2	Mallala Motor Sport Park	1 July	Michael Trimble	Michael Trimble	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
5 / 1	Eastern Creek Raceway	15 July	Tim Macrow	Marco Mapelli	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
5 / 2	Eastern Creek Raceway	15 July	Leanne Tander	Marco Mapelli	Marco Mapelli	Team BRM
6 / 1	Phillip Island	12 August	James Winslow	Mat Sofi	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing
6 / 2	Phillip Island	12 August	Cancelled due to rain	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Tandersport
7 / 1	Symmons Plains Raceway	2 September	Leanne Tander	James Winslow	James Winslow	Astuti Motorsport
7 / 2	Tasmanian Super Prix	2 September	Charles Hollings	Mat Sofi	Barton Mawer	Team BRM
8 / 1	Oran Park Raceway	4 November	Leanne Tander	Leanne Tander	Charles Hollings	Astuti Motorsport
8 / 2	Oran Park Raceway	4 November	Leanne Tander	Tim Macrow	Tim Macrow	Scud Racing

Results

Pos	Driver	EAS 1	EAS 2	ORA 1	ORA 2	PHI 1	PHI 2	MAL 1	MAL 2	EAS 3	EAS 4	PHI 3	PHI 4	SYM 1	SYM 2	ORA 3	ORA 4	Pts.^[2]
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1	Tim Macrow	3	1	2	2	4	5	Ret	1	3	5	1	2	7	3	2	1	208
2	Leanne Tander	6	4	3	3	5	1	2	4	5	2	6	1	2	2	3	2	206
3	Charles Hollings	7	8	1	1	2	6	5	2	1	3	2	3	4	9	1	4	199
4	James Winslow	5	7	6	4	1	2	1	6	7	7	3	Ret	1	Ret			133
5	Marco Mapelli	Ret	6	5	6	3	3	4	5	4	1	7	Ret	6	5			114
6	Mat Sofi	4	Ret	8	9	6	4	7	8	6	6	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	71
7	Stuart Kostera	1	5	4	7	7	11	3	7	8	DNS	Ret	DNS					68
8	Barton Mawer											5	Ret	3	1	Ret	3	52
9	Chris Gilmour			7	5							8	5	DNS	4	5	5	52
10	Michael Trimble							6	3	2	4							46
11	Daniel Schulz											4	4	5	6			34
12	Chris Alajajian	2	2															32
13	Walter Grubmuller	Ret	3													Ret	Ret	12
14	Ricky Occhipinti					8	7											7
15	Maher Algadrie	14	10															5
16	Mathew Radisich					Ret	9					DNS	DNS					3
NATIONAL CLASS
1	Chris Barry	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	Ret			6	7	269
2	Lauren Gray	9	Ret	10	10	12	13	12	11	12	DNS					8	DNS	121
3	John Boothman	11	12					14	DNS	13	11	11	7	10	Ret			101
4	Daniel Schulz	Ret	Ret			11	8	9	10	Ret	8							92
5	Jesse Wakeman							10	13			Ret	6	9	7			86
6	Gordon Campbell	12	13															22
NC	Stuart Kostera													Ret	Ret			0
NC	Ian Dyk											Ret	DNS					0
NC	Tim Berryman	DNS	DNS															0
TROPHY CLASS
1	Rod Anderson	10	11			13	12	13	DNS	11	12			Ret	8	9	8	185
2	Graeme Holmes					9	Ret	11	12	10	10	9	Ret					134
3	Samantha Reid													Ret	DNS	7	9	38
4	Greg Hunter	13	14															30

Non-championship round

A non-championship round was held at Albert Park supporting the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, with three races held. The first was won by Charlie Hollings, and both the second and third races by Tim Macrow.^[3]

External links

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20070831154149/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2007%20Aust%20F3%20SportRegs.pdf 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship Sporting Regulations
http://www.formula3.com.au/championship07.asp 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship results
Web site: N/C 2007, Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix . Australian Formula 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025053618/http://www.formula3.com.au/results2.asp?id=070form . 25 October 2022.